Anderson crash victim identified

A 43-year-old emergency room nurse who died in a Tuesday night wreck has been identified as Anderson resident Michael David Siders.

Siders, who worked at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Pickens, crossed the center line on Liberty Highway around 9:45 p.m. and struck a Dodge pickup truck travelling in the opposite direction, said Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown.

Siders died of multiple traumatic injuries, McCown said, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Siders was traveling east on Liberty Highway when the wreck occurred and he was trapped inside his 2008 Honda Accord, said Lance Cpl. Gary Miller of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

The other driver, a Central man driving a 2012 Dodge pickup, was not injured, Miller said.

McCown is not planning an autopsy for Siders and there have been no charges filed.